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Tue, 22 Dec 2015 09:01:18 +0000http://mytwobytes.net/?p=96227#comment-412[…] Read on here […]
]]>Comment on Why do you use Linux? by Petros Koutoupishttp://www.rapiddisk.org/?p=96401#comment-399
Sun, 23 Aug 2015 19:26:17 +0000http://mytwobytes.net/?p=96401#comment-399YY,

To add to the whole “fear” idea, with Linux enabled platforms, I think part of the “lack of” said fear is the result of nothing being hidden from the user. That is, if you are experiencing networking issues, you can dive pretty deep and figure out exactly what is happening. If you try to do the same on a Windows OS, well…..good luck getting the same kinds of details.

>> When something persistently goes wrong in Windows itself,
>> you learn to repair this. And you learn to repair this
>> in extreme because reinstalling Windows can take many
>> hours….

In the mid-90’s I used to work part-time as a PC & AV repair technician. Our method of fixing Windows problems was to run through an OS re-imaging. Most of the time, it was the path with the fewest headaches.

]]>Comment on Why do you use Linux? by Petros Koutoupishttp://www.rapiddisk.org/?p=96401#comment-398
Sun, 23 Aug 2015 19:21:20 +0000http://mytwobytes.net/?p=96401#comment-398Cory,

A very inspiring tale and I do thank you very much for sharing it with us.

]]>Comment on Why do you use Linux? by YYhttp://www.rapiddisk.org/?p=96401#comment-396
Sun, 23 Aug 2015 15:09:19 +0000http://mytwobytes.net/?p=96401#comment-396I started using GNU/Linux when something screwed up my Windows desktop again. Thing is, suddenly I didn’t want to use Windows again because I had paid for it but it was on my hard drive which screwed up and Dell told me I had to pay. So I called MS and they said it was my problem with Dell.
So I thought about this Linux I heard a lot about. Let’s try it. Obviously I did the wrong thing and started with Ubuntu where the Unity Desktop was just not working usefully. Later I learned a lot more and understood that this Unity was/is a twisted tweak of the extremely beautiful GNOME Desktop where everything is logical, fast and intuitive.

But that aside, the thing I learned the most of Linux is the concept of freedom and lack of fear. Both may sound general or vague, so let met explain.

Lack of fear is the easiest and probably most recognized concept after working with Windows. When something persistently goes wrong in Windows itself, you learn to repair this. And you learn to repair this in extreme because reinstalling Windows can take many hours because you not only have to install it which takes quite long but also tweak many (privacy) settings and additionally install drivers and services in a not very easy way. Many settings and other stuff you’ll forget again and again.
The thing is, you’ll learn this repair thing in an extreme degree just to prevent this reinstalling process – out of fear.
So after I learned the very easy way of installing Linux and after that the easy tweaking (often a program called like that, for instance GNOME Tweak Tool), after a while, the fear of something going wrong will disappear. Although not even close like Windows something wil break or go desperately wrong, but you just don’t have any fear left anymore

The thing about freedom is actually also easy. It’s the freedom to choose, the freedom to do and use whatever you like. There are so many Desktops to choose from that it’s breath taking. I’ll always recommend starting easy and familiar for the usual user, like LinuxMint with the Cinnamon Desktop, but once you’re used to the Linux experience, you’ll wanna try and experiment.
After this feeling of freedom there may come a learning curve of the deeper meaning of freedom, like ‘why is there not really a free choice in my retail computer store’ or ‘why is this Linux so easy, beautiful and cheap but still not used widely in public services and government but is it used widely at the smart big companies?’.

After these experiences there will be a moment of thankfulness and a drive to give back. Like supporting the people who make this all possible or even things like translating that specific Linux version in you own language. And it’s easy and fun! They even want you and after you learn that you are good enough it makes you just happy!

Well anyway, once you’re free and happy, you’ll never go back.

So, that’s my little story

]]>Comment on Why do you use Linux? by Cory Hilliardhttp://www.rapiddisk.org/?p=96401#comment-394
Sun, 23 Aug 2015 01:06:02 +0000http://mytwobytes.net/?p=96401#comment-394I had something similar happen to me. I was maintaining a windows 2000 server for an umbrella company of companies. Every morning I would go in, and every morning I would spend 3 hours trying to fix a DHCP service that would crash for some reason during the night. I found out it was a “known Microsoft issue” and they were working on it. My boss blamed me. Even though I explained there was nothing I could do until it was fixed by MS, he still held me responsible for it.

That’s when I looked into Linux. I used an old beaten up desktop computer, installed CentOS, installed the DHCP service, connected it to our LAN and disabled the Windows DHCP service. I was overjoyed to find out that it worked. Flawlessly. I learned so much about the power and ability of DHCP that was previously hidden from me through being an MS geek. I was given power and control like I had never experienced before. I fell in love with it. I fell in love with the power of the command line and how much more I felt like a real power-geek only after a little bit of research and study that I found online.

Fast forward, I ended up replacing the entire Windows server with CentOS. The transfer of data along the network seemed to sing. Life was awesome.

Through it all I ended up falling in love with programming and am now going back to school for Computer Science and Engineering. I have changed my life because of Linux. …and all due to a stupid flaw in a Windows DHCP service.

]]>Comment on So IBM wants to kill their own creation: the hard disk drive by Petros Koutoupishttp://www.rapiddisk.org/?p=161#comment-9
Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:59:23 +0000http://mytwobytes.net/?p=161#comment-9Brian,

You are absolutely correct. The arguments are old ones, although there is a large difference between the Solid State technologies of 20 years ago and today. What Texas Memory Systems was pushing out back in the 80’s and 90’s was predominately DRAM and at very low capacities. It was a lot more of a niche market technology. Fast forward to the present, not only have there been great advancements in this area, the technology as a whole has matured significantly, even more so in recent years. It evolved to the point where it has become less niche. The HDD is far from perfect and protocol aside, it is no different than its ancestor from the 60’s.

]]>Comment on So IBM wants to kill their own creation: the hard disk drive by Brian Lhttp://www.rapiddisk.org/?p=161#comment-8
Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:58:01 +0000http://mytwobytes.net/?p=161#comment-8Your arguments are not new. These same promises of a SSD takeover have been made for 20 years. Hard Disks continue to be more cost effective. It is not guaranteed that flash will ever catch up. Flash is encountering it’s own technical challenges slowing growth.
]]>Comment on Canonical: A company in dire need of a clear objective. by New Linus Interview, LinuxQuestions.org, and Floundering Ubuntu | PHP Worldhttp://www.rapiddisk.org/?p=165#comment-6
Thu, 26 Jun 2014 07:32:32 +0000http://mytwobytes.net/?p=165#comment-6[…] Petros Koutoupis posted yesterday that Canonical is "a company in dire need of a clear objective." Koutoupis pulls out many […]
]]>Comment on Canonical: A company in dire need of a clear objective. by Petros Koutoupishttp://www.rapiddisk.org/?p=165#comment-5
Wed, 25 Jun 2014 20:25:35 +0000http://mytwobytes.net/?p=165#comment-5Ronnie, you are correct. I remember when Google replaced eglibc with their bionic. As time progresses, I imagine we will be seeing more changes in Android (and Chrome OS).
]]>Comment on Canonical: A company in dire need of a clear objective. by Ronniehttp://www.rapiddisk.org/?p=165#comment-4
Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:00:51 +0000http://mytwobytes.net/?p=165#comment-4Mir is exactly the same as Apple’s Quartz, which is basically trying to create a vendor lock in situation. Even though Mir is opensource, if no one is using it except Canonical, thats exactly what you get. Very similar to Google using opensource to build their systems (android, chromeos) and slowly over time replacing opensource technologies with their own versions. They usually, funny enough, pick very important key pieces, such as ‘display servers’.
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